Model Kit Subject Wish List

Hmmm... tough these days since there's so many great subjects out there.  We need another 109 though 

Seriously, I would immediatly buy the following

1/48 Air Tractor crop duster - love ugly planes

1/12 Yamaha YZR-M1 - Fabio Quartararo's MotoGP winning Monster engergy bike

1/20 Redbull F1 Car - Max Verstappen's winning car

Maybe a new tooled 1/48 F-102, B-58

Maybe a Zubr Class Soviet assault hovercraft, KM-1 "Caspian Sea Monster and N-1 moon rocket, all in 1/144 scale and injection plastic.  And a PACV in 1/35 and plastic.  I know all the above are available in resin, except for the Zubr, but I'd like modern high detail plastic kits.

Oh, and some quality kits of experimental planes like the Rockwell XFV-12A and X-31, Northrop and Martin lifting bodies, and that crazy Dornier VTOL jet with the pair of Harrier engines.

As you can see I like the weird stuff.

Oh, last but certainly not least, a new kit of the Messerschmitt Bf-109G6, in all scales.  

Vehicles that work for a living like construction equipment or fire trucks or the like. How about trains such as steam locomotives from various time periods. Ships that aren't military like Zvezda's new ice breaker (I just finished it and loved every minute of it) or tankers or cargo ships? Maybe a sailing vessel with proper rigging. 

I'd like to see more trainers in 1/48 scale, injected molded. Airplanes like these:

Ryan PT-22, Vultee BT-13/15, AT-6D, Harvard Mk II, T-28A, Raytheon T-6 Texan II,  Fairchild PT-19, Bedech AT-11, Beech T-34C.

Any or all of those from a maunfacturer like Tamiya or Airfix would be terrific.

I would like to see a 1/350 German secret Raider.

Preferably by Hasegawa,Aoshima,Trumpeter or Revell.

Atlantis,Pinguin,Orion,any  will do.

Also 1/350 AKA-91 USS-Whitley Andromeda Class

Was the ship my Dad served on.

Same one i've had for years. 1/72nd Ju 87C, kit or conversion.

fotofrank

I'd like to see more trainers in 1/48 scale, injected molded. Airplanes like these:

Ryan PT-22, Vultee BT-13/15, AT-6D, Harvard Mk II, T-28A, Raytheon T-6 Texan II,  Fairchild PT-19, Bedech AT-11, Beech T-34C.

Any or all of those from a maunfacturer like Tamiya or Airfix would be terrific.

 

I like the trainers as well.  Isracast makes the Texan II - nice kit.  There was an at-6d hasegawa/monogram.  Italeri did a Harvard Mk II and I think Czech models did a T-34C

Maybe not exactly what you are looking for but here's my Isracast Texan, Roden T-28B, Minicraft T-34A

Glamdring,

I agree with you about more tractor kits, especially the older vintage stuff, like either Oliver or Masey Ferguson.  I alos like your idea of the Oshkosh big hauler trucks minus their trailer.  My #1 kit on a wish list would be a 1/350 or larger U.S.S. America CVA -66.   Come on Tumpeter, you can do it!

TJS

Hello!

Just to throw in some names - a 1:35 '65 Caterpillar D7 (maybe with a rome plow right on), decent 1:72 H-43 Husky/Pedro, while we're at it - 1:72 H-3C Jolly Green with interior. And no, we still don't have an adequate UH-1D Huey in 1:72.

Come on, admit it - many things from our wish lists have been published as a kit in the last years, eh?

Thanks for reading and have a nice day

Paweł

I have said it before, 

And I will say it again

Escort carriers ( preferably U.S.S. Bouge)

Would L O V E it in 1/144 scale ... or any scale larger than that tiny 1/700 scale they made several years ago.

Oh yea, I forgot a 1/48 CH-54 (I know we just got a 1/35 one - who has the room?) and it's civilian S-64 Skycrane equivilent with the Erickson fire fighter gear and markings.

Would love to see:

More 1/350 amphibs and auxiliaries (cold war era), 1/700 WWII freighters and oilers (ours, theirs, everybodies), 

1/72 - 1/32 Air Tractors - ag, fire fighting, and strike aircraft (or kits with all options),

1/35 LCM-6's and 'Nam era riverine craft, ALL of them !

Yeah, that would work.

Definately the H-43 with a detailed interior.

Then there's these:

keavdog

Oh yea, I forgot a 1/48 CH-54 (I know we just got a 1/35 one - who has the room?) and it's civilian S-64 Skycrane equivilent with the Erickson fire fighter gear and markings.

 

There is the old 1 /72 boxing of the Revell kit and Lonestar was supposed to bring out a conversion kit with the water tank and decals.  Haven't been able to contact.

But yeah, a 1/48 would be nice, if a little big

Another voice in the wilderness for the Pedro's as well.

I picked up the old 1/72 aurora kit and ordered the Lonestar conversion but Mike has been dealing with some personal issues.   Maybe ICM will scale theirs down to 1/48

If he gets back with you, and the PM function comes back, please let me know his contact information.

Thanks, Art

To be honest, at the moment, I just want to add Revell/Monogram's 1/48 F-89 Scorpion to my stash...I build one when I was early teens, and would like to do another with my current skills.  As a kid, I had always wanted the dragonflyy from the same company, and I finally grabbed one from eBay, but those scorpion kits are expensive!

Nice List;

    Mine would always start with the Victory Ship in 1/350 at least. Big backbone after the Wars. Then there's the older smaller Cruise-Liners ( The ones that still looked like Ships). See Matson Hawaii run ships.

     Then there's a new crop of Heavy lift and Technical ships. Also Dredges of all types. Ever seen one ? They go from River craft all the way to Ocean going types. Then there's Mobile Cranes and Yes, Farming Equipment.

      I would also like to see different types of Smaller Inland Capable Tankers and Freighters and River cruise Ships. I have a 1/200 model of the "Lilli Weneda". In paper! and I would love to see it in plastic, Fascinating little Polish ferry that! People only! American Car and People Ferries have gotten short shrift too. Many areas of the country still have them operating every day!

      As far as other vehicles. I guess a good 1/25 MG-TD and an equally good Austin-Healey 3000 in the same scale. Or the older Revell cars in 1/25. How about a regular 1/25 - 10 wheel heavy Dump Truck? Or Yes, even a Street Sweeeper-See the list goes on! Funny though, Many of these are out there already. Ever looked at the selection of Scale vehicles for model Train Layouts? These guys get serious! And some have really spot on details! 

       No, I didn't forget Planes or Armor. There's a lot of Armor out there now. There's more I am sure. Planes. Well, starting with Whirly-Birds and going to Fixed wing the list is another four pages long. See? I will say though, The civilian side have been poorly served. Many of the common Birds have mods for other reasons than stock. Will we ever see them? I doubt it! 

All the X-planes in 1/48 scale to include the lifting body's and the NF-104.

The Indycar DW-12 in 1/25 scale with detailed engines.

1/1 Star Trek prop series from TOS on.

1/350 scale Klingon D-7

1/48 scale The Invaders saucer

1/32 scale Apollo LM with interior

1/12 scale Gemini with Agena

1:48 C-17 Globemaster

New molds or reissues of the original Mad Max cars:

Last of the V-8s (Aoshima did it years ago, but I couldn't afford it then - would like to see a repop since it goes for well over $100 on Ebay)

Main Force Patrol Pursuit 

Main Force Patrol Interceptor (Max's car)

Also

Planet of the Apes Icarus in styrene 

Aliens Drop Ship and APC in 1/35 (with new molds)

New 1/24 Indy Cars - there hasn't been an affordable kit since the Reynards in the late 90s

Some new (and old) fire apparatus - paramedic squads/ambulances, pumpers, ladder trucks, etc.

Buck Roger's Star Fighter and Marauder from the 70s

Landmaster from the movie Damnation Alley (and/or the vehicle from the Ark II Saturday morning TV show in the 70s - the vehicle was cool and the show was so bad it's good)

Serenity (from the Firefly TV series and movie)

UFO TV series models (Skydiver, Moon Interceptor, Mobiles, UFOs)

Starfury from Babylon 5 (repop)

The current military model market looks really good right now, so I have most of the military models I want already, or know where I can get them.

Wishes are lovely. But 99.99% of the things listed are thoroughly impractical, would never sell, and bankrupt any company that did release them. If you're so sure they're 'licenses to print money', bankroll them yourself. It's a sure thing, right? Pretty easy to wish with other people's money, after all....

Curtiss C-46 Commando....

         injection molded in 1/72 or 1/48.

MJames70

Wishes are lovely. But 99.99% of the things listed are thoroughly impractical, would never sell, and bankrupt any company that did release them. If you're so sure they're 'licenses to print money', bankroll them yourself. It's a sure thing, right? Pretty easy to wish with other people's money, after all....

 

Heh heh - I'm not sure that's 100% true these days.   I wrote Do-335, Ho-229 and Ar-234B on Zoukei Mura's suggestion board at a show once, and the first two have been kitted and the third has been announced.  I also wrote Triebflugel, but Miniart fielded that one.

I like oddball stuff, and these days the kit makers are obliging.  I just picked up a M114 by Takom, a little known piece of armor that had an undistinguished service career.

Like Romeo Void sang, never say never!

MJames70

Wishes are lovely. But 99.99% of the things listed are thoroughly impractical, would never sell, and bankrupt any company that did release them. If you're so sure they're 'licenses to print money', bankroll them yourself. It's a sure thing, right? Pretty easy to wish with other people's money, after all....

 

Exactly but it's fun,I know I'll never see my dad's ship released,and I don't expect a big company to kit it just for me,but it's fun to talk about what subjects interest us,it's a modeling forum,so I say dream on,post it here and talk about it. 

And another thing. Some company besides Modelsvit to produce a real injection molded P-82B, Merlin powered. You know, with the short tails.

Some times these wishes do come true, such as when I had pined for a 1/350 USS Texas battleship, and voila, Trumpeter put that one out there.

My list tends to focus on aircraft in 1/48 scale, so here goes:

B-32 Dominator

G3M Nell

C-46 Commando

And I'd love to see Tamiya put out their P-47D (bubbletop, Razorback, doesn't matter) in 1/32.

Did you see ICM is comming out with a Sally?  

I'll second the 1/48 C-46 and G3M Nell. I'd also love to see a 1/48 F11F Tiger, preferably the long nose version. Many of the other 1/48 types that I've wanted have come out or been announced recentl, so there is hope.

In 1/35 armor I have my still long requested DD Sherman's and M48 (pre A1). I'd also love to see the accompanying M57 & M75 APCs, as well as contemporary M53 & M55 self propelled guns. Some of the other variants of the CVR(T) family beyond the Scorpion & Scimitar would be nice. After all, the lower hull is already done.